The UK's light iron market picked up over the week ended Friday May 24, gaining back some of the losses made earlier this month when the cost of British exports to Turkey went down, with domestic demand and relatively tight availability prompting higher offer prices in the UK, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for UK grade-5C ferrous scrap on an inter-merchant basis was...Read More
European import prices for alloy steel scrap decreased over the past week because of soft demand even though supply was also limited, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday May 24.The price of 18/8 stainless steel scrap solids imported to Europe was assessed by Fastmarkets on Friday at ?,?940-970 ($1,049-1,082) per tonne cif, down by ?,?50-60 per tonne week on week."Our [scrap] suppliers are complaini...Read More
Indian domestic secondary billet prices rose by at least 400 rupees ($6) per tonne in the week ended Friday May 24 on a rise in the costs for raw materials such as direct-reduced iron (DRI).The price for domestic secondary billet in India assessed by Fastmarkets on May 24 was 31,400-31,600 rupees ($450-453) per tonne ex-works, compared with 31,000-31,200 rupees per tonne last week."Billet prices h...Read More
CIS export steel billet prices continued to climb in the week ended Friday May 24, with customers finally accepting higher prices in bookings.Billet offers from the Black Sea basin were heard within the range of $430-445 per tonne fob Black Sea, depending on supplier, but few customers were ready to accept such prices, with bids still being reported...Read More
Prices in Southeast Asia's steel billet market remained stable on Friday May 24 amid weak demand in the major Southeast Asian import markets of the Philippines and Indonesia.Market participants in the CIS adjusted their offers upward in response to bullish market sentiment after the United States reduced its tariff on imports of Turkish steel to 25% from 50%.Fastmarkets' daily import price assessm...Read More
Transaction prices in Europe for grade-304 stainless steel sheets have widened downward over the past week on poor demand, with further decreases likely in June because of lower alloy surcharges, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday May 24.Fastmarkets assessed the price of grade-304 cold-rolled sheets in Europe at ?,?2,200-2,300 ($2,454-2,566) per tonne delivered on Friday, widening downward by ?,?4...Read More
An overview of the noble alloys markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More
Key data from the pricing sessions in Asia, Europe and the United States for the week ending Friday May 24. China Taiyuan Iron & Steel (Tisco) released its June tender price for high-carbon ferro-chrome at 6,550 yuan ($947) per tonne on Friday May 24, 350 yuan per tonne lower than its May tender. Two other major Chinese stainless steel mills, Tsingshan and Baosteel, have yet to release June tende...Read More
Global ferrous scrap prices rallied during the week ended Friday May 24 in response to the United States' reduction of the tariff on imports of Turkish steel, with the exception of Vietnam, where buyers adopted a more cautious stance. Prices surge on reduction of Turkish steel tariff in the US US export prices to Turkey up Taiwan prices rise but Vietnam prices hold ground on buyer skepticism India...Read More
Transaction prices in Europe for grade-304 stainless steel sheets have widened downward over the past week on poor demand, with further decreases likely in June because of lower alloy surcharges, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday May 24.Fastmarkets assessed the price of grade-304 cold-rolled sheets in Europe at ?,?2,200-2,300 ($2,454-2,566) per tonne delivered on Friday, widening downward by ?,?4...Read More
Indian domestic secondary billet prices rose by at least 400 rupees ($6) per tonne in the week ended Friday May 24 on a rise in the costs for raw materials such as direct-reduced iron (DRI).The price for domestic secondary billet in India assessed by Fastmarkets on May 24 was 31,400-31,600 rupees ($450-453) per tonne ex-works, compared with 31,000-31,200 rupees per tonne last week."Billet prices h...Read More
Coated flat steel prices in Turkey continued to increase over the week ended Friday May 24, with demand improving in both local and export markets.Demand in the local market improved slightly and export demand was strong because of the United States' decision on May 17 to reduce tariffs on Turkish steel imports to 25% from the previous 50%.Coated coil producers did not accept new orders between Ma...Read More
UK warehousing and logistics company Henry Bath announced its appointment of Jerome Hack to the position of general manager on Friday May 24.Hack will continue to develop Henry Bath's business in the United...Read More
The three-month nickel price on the London Metal Exchange climbed by more than 4% at the close of trading on Friday May 24, soaring beyond $12,300 per tonne amid a slight softening of the dollar index and while investors seek to cover shorts ahead of the UK bank holiday next week. Despite moderately low volumes over the day's trading, more than 15,000 lots of nickel changed hands at a value of aro...Read More
Nickel's three-month price on the London Metal Exchange increased by more than 2.5% during morning trading on Friday May 24, with its price action appreciating back over $12,000 per tonne while its volumes traded led the complex. More than 5,200 lots of nickel were exchanged as of 9:37am London time, amounting to around $317 million of metal traded. The easing tightness in the metal's forward spre...Read More
Deliverable nickel stocks in Shanghai Futures Exchange-approved warehouses edged up by 3.1% week on week on Friday May 24 amid weakened demand for the metal, while inventories of the other base metals all declined.SHFE nickel stocks totaled 9,098 tonnes on Friday, up by 277 tonnes from 8,821 tonnes on May 17. The largest inflow of nickel this week was registered at SIPG Logistics' warehouse in Sha...Read More
The UK's light iron market picked up over the week ended Friday May 24, gaining back some of the losses made earlier this month when the cost of British exports to Turkey went down, with domestic demand and relatively tight availability prompting higher offer prices in the UK, sources told Fastmarkets.Fastmarkets' weekly price assessment for UK grade-5C ferrous scrap on an inter-merchant basis was...Read More
European import prices for alloy steel scrap decreased over the past week because of soft demand even though supply was also limited, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday May 24.The price of 18/8 stainless steel scrap solids imported to Europe was assessed by Fastmarkets on Friday at ?,?940-970 ($1,049-1,082) per tonne cif, down by ?,?50-60 per tonne week on week."Our [scrap] suppliers are complaini...Read More
The three-month nickel price on the London Metal Exchange climbed by more than 4% at the close of trading on Friday May 24, soaring beyond $12,300 per tonne amid a slight softening of the dollar index and while investors seek to cover shorts ahead of the UK bank holiday next week. Despite moderately low volumes over the day's trading, more than 15,000 lots of nickel changed hands at a value of aro...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their latest price moves.Read More